They also drew some attention from Europe and the German Gymnastics Society began ... Greece himself opened the first modern Olympic Games on April 6, 1896 (March 24 on the Greek calendar).

and in 1896, it oversaw gymnastics at the first modern Olympic games (and has continued to do so for every subsequent game). Back then, scores were determined by assigning points to subjective ...

Artistic gymnastics, or gymnastics as it’s traditionally known, was part of the first “modern” Olympics in 1896, and has been ...